Original Photographs
Two historic aerial photographs documenting the WMRN radio station property at 1330 N. Main Street in Marion, Ohio. The images were supplied by the Marion County Engineer’s Office in response to a WMRN Radio History Archive inquiry seeking historical engineering, site-plan, infrastructure, and development records relating to the station property.
The Engineer’s Office reported that it did not locate site-related documentation for the radio station but provided aerial photographs identified as dating from 1939 and 1946. Together, the photographs provide a rare visual record of the property immediately before WMRN was established and during the station’s early years of operation.
Historical Significance
These aerial photographs provide a rare before-and-after view of the property associated with WMRN at 1330 N. Main Street in Marion, Ohio.
The 1939 photograph documents the area immediately before the station was established, while the 1946 photograph records the developed WMRN property during the station’s early years of operation. Viewed together, the images help document the transformation of the North Main Street site during the formative period of WMRN’s history.
Exhibit Label
WMRN Radio Station Site Aerial Photographs. 1939 and 1946. Historic aerial views documenting the future and developed WMRN property at 1330 N. Main Street in Marion, Ohio. Supplied by the Marion County Engineer’s Office.
Research Notes
Additional Details
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Transcription / OCR
No transcription is required for the photographic content. A notation reading “11-17-39” appears along the border of the 1939 aerial and may represent the aerial photography date. The interpretation of this notation has not yet been independently verified.
People and Timeline
- People
- No individual people are formally indexed for this record yet.
- Timeline placement
- 1939–1946. The photographs document the WMRN property immediately before the station’s establishment and during its early operating period.
Citation and Rights
WMRN-2026-070. Aerial Photographs of the WMRN Radio Station Site, 1939 and 1946. WMRN Radio History Archive.
Digital copies were supplied by the Marion County Engineer’s Office for historical research. The source correspondence does not explicitly establish copyright ownership or grant unrestricted publication rights. See the archive access and use policy.
Full Catalog Metadata
- Object type
- Aerial Photograph
Photograph - Collection
- WMRN Station Facilities & Studios Collection
- Date created
- 1939–1946
- Source / Contributor
- Marion County Engineer’s Office
- Provenance
- Supplied by Charles W. Walker, P.E., S.I., Deputy Engineer, Marion County Engineer’s Office, in April 2026 in response to the Archive’s inquiry concerning historical engineering and site records for the WMRN property.
- Associated place
- 1330 N. Main Street
Marion, Ohio
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